Sarthak Sengupta
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The inspiring collection of research articles accommodated in the present compilation includes eighteen contributions by eminent anthropologists focusing on various contemporary concerns relating to the status of women, gender and ethnicity, identity dynamics, cultural heritages, ethnoarchaeological aspects, the impact of Christianity, traditional village institutions, elderly health care perceptions, changes in tribal folklore, altitudinal stress among varied ...
The impressive collection of papers accommodated in this volume offers a snapshot only through nineteen research contributions covering different issues related to indigenous health practices from different ethnic groups of North East India. The topics covered in the present treatise include indigenous notions of health care, healer and healing practices; ethno medicinal, ethno-botanical and ethnozoological knowledge; child-rearing and pregnancy care practices ...
Since the nineteenth century, the Eastern and North Eastern part of India has drawn the attention of the anthropologists from different parts of the globe In this concise, affordable anthology, thirty-eight scholars have made use of their expertise knowledge in their respective subject domain to write lucid and thoroughly insightful chapters on contemporary anthropological studies dealing with varied anthropological dimensions; covering various tribes and castes ...
The current treatise presents a collection of sixteen research articles offered by eminent social scientists to acquaint a extensive book lovers with the vast horizon of contemporary anthropological researches on varied ethnic groups living in diverse habitat of North East India. Under one cover, the present volume features with abundance of unique materials and wide-ranging analysis which is extremely stimulus, useful and surely serve the interest of ...
The present treatise presents a collection of eighteen research articles offered by eminent social scientists to acquaint a wide audience with the Indigenous Knowledge Traditions of varied ethnic groups living in diverse habitat of North East India.
Indigenous knowledge is participants' acquaintance of their sequential and societal space, and encompasses non-technical insight, astuteness, judgment, perceptions and innovative capabilities which should not ...
The present treatise is a comprehensively edited highly illuminating fourteen contributions based on empirical research findings on the tribes of the Eastern Himalayas by leading social scientists of India. The articles included in this volume covers a wide canvass. Bringing together the empirical information of researches from a variety of disciplines, the coverage of topics and their discussion relate to studies on ethnicity and revivalism, a acculturation, ...
The present compiled work is based upon the research papers presented in the national seminar on ‘Ethnic Groups of North East India : Problems and Prospects’ organised by the department of anthropology, Dibrugarh University, Assam. The book covers a wide spectrum of issues, relating to ethnic groups, process of assimilation, acculturation and the development of ethnic consciousness among various tribes and communities of ...
The study of human evolution and also of human variation are two major focuses of Anthropology. Spatio-temporal variation among human population due to genetic and environmental causative factors is an important objective of physical anthropology. The present treatise is probably the first attempt to write on the biological variation at micro-level among the Koch population, a detribalized caste population. The author’s attempt is to trace any significant ...
The seven sister states of north east region of India is the homeland of large number of castes, tribes and communities who lives in valleys, inaccessible and difficult hills, forests and other terrains; speaks various language; have different socio-cultural heritages and show variation in physical features. It is indeed deplorable that till date we have very scanty information about the people of North East India. A modest effort has therefore been made through ...
North-east India, comprising of seven sister states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura, is the homeland of a bewildering variety of tribal life. Their ethnicity, culture and folklore form a rich mosaic of India’s primitive life. This volume, contributed by eminent anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists and administrators combines authentic research, field study and the futuristic scene of regional tribal ...
The impressive collection of papers accommodated in this volume includes sixteen contribution by eminent anthropologists and other social scientists on the demographic features, colourful socio-cultural life, ethnic tensions, folklore, ethno-archaeological aspects, perception of health and illness, developmental issues etc. among a small segments of vast and varied types of the tribal inhabitants of North East India. The book being empirical research based work ...